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Cayo Quemado, Río Dulce
Originally from Belgium, I arrived in Livingston with my boat during the pandemic. A few months later, I fell in love with a piece of land along the Río Dulce, between Fronteras (Río Dulce) and Livingston, and decided to settle down.
🌊 Only accessible by water
The last road connections (cars, buses, or anything with wheels) stop in Río Dulce or Puerto Barrios. From there, you’ll need to travel by boat, lancha, cayuco, kayak… or even a seaplane to reach us. The village is called Cayo Quemado.
Looking toward Río Dulce from the property, you’ll find the Río Dulce National Park on the left and the Chocón Machacas Biotope on the right, with the Golfete just in front. We’re surrounded by water, even though we’re technically connected to the mainland.
🌱 Wild and preserved nature
There are no roads nearby. This is raw, unspoiled nature. You’ll see incredible birdlife, manatees, otters, iguanas, and of course plenty of fish like Robalo, Palomitos, shrimp, and crabs.
🏡 A small, self-built world
Our full-time guardian and skilled carpenter, Pedro, lives here on his own. He built both his house and ours with the help of several local muchachos.
Also living here is Fidel, our loyal dog, whom we found in Cuba during our travels. He’s been part of the family ever since.
🛠️ Help is always welcome
We’re constantly improving, repairing, or building, so an extra pair of hands is always appreciated. Whether it’s in the garden, doing DIY projects, or helping in the kitchen — especially since we love good food — there’s always something meaningful to do.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Help with Eco Projects
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
General Maintenance
House sitting
Interests
Sustainability
Cooking & food
Art & design
Animals
Architecture
Winter sports
Water sports
Sailing / Boating
Nature
Cycling
Adventure sports
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
This is a fisherman village, and probably one of the rare and last places in the world that is far away from roads.
Fishing is the activity of the locals ...
so, we do catch and eat local shrimps when it's the season…
I like to meet and exchange about ideas, food, travels, news, art, music, movies, series and etc...
Since one year or so we are connected with Starlink.
The water has all year long nearly a perfect temperature and normally its not salted as we are just far enough from the sea ...
Help
I would be very happy to invite somebody (male or female) to join me giving us a helping hand as I'am doing a lot of stuff myself.
I could also use somebody who likes to cook.
We’re starting to make our own veggie / fruit garden where a helping hand could be useful.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: Fluent
Dutch: Fluent
Spanish: BeginnerThis host offers a language exchange
I have no experience about language exchange but totally open as I would like to learn more Spanish, I planned to go to Antigua for a few weeks but never took the time as I'am a little bit to busy here in Rio Dulce.
Accommodation
We made 2 very nice rooms with private bathroom for my daughters that can be used for guests as my daughters are living in Europe.
We eat 2 times a day all together, the evening we are light eaters but there’s food for people with appetites.
What else ...
We live with the sun, getting up and go to bed early
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Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
This host has indicated that they love having digital nomads stay.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Fidel
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Excellente cuisinière, elle nous a préparé de délicieux plats tout en gardant une cuisine impeccable, propre et organisée. Dans le cadre du… read more
And indeed I had to leave for Belgium a few days later.
They stayed 2 weeks taking care of the dog and cat who had a very good time with them :-)
They were busy in the new garden planting a lot of different flowers and all kind of plants. The few days that I spend with… read more
It was… read more
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Excellente cuisinière, elle nous a préparé de délicieux plats tout en gardant une cuisine impeccable, propre et organisée. Dans le cadre du… read more
And indeed I had to leave for Belgium a few days later.
They stayed 2 weeks taking care of the dog and cat who had a very good time with them :-)
They were busy in the new garden planting a lot of different flowers and all kind of plants. The few days that I spend with… read more
It was… read more
nous avons passé deux semaines avec lui, alternant travail et visite de la région.
Dennis est un hôte très convivial, qui adore partager son expérience et son quotidien.
Nous avons rencontré ses amis et les communautés locales alentours, une expérience très enrichissante… read more
Ils sont tout les deux super complémentaires et peuvent aussi bien travailler à deux que individuellement pour des tâches bien… read more
She helped in the garden, tiling and cooking. Ida don’t need a lot of explanation, she’s very handy and also good cook.
I totally recommend her and would be happy to receive her again.
Excellente cuisinière, elle nous à mijotée de délicieux repas et a fait de l’excellent boulot.
De manière générale Roxane est polyvalente, à de l’initiative, est positive et elle nous a bien aidé avec les tâches… read more
Different types of works, essentially painting jobs were done by them and did it just as it should, perfectly!
They are both great… read more
